[LRUG] [JOBS] Rails contractor for MVP - Remote but London based

[Toby Privett]

My freelance rate - 500/day - hasn’t changed in years. Might go some way to
explaining why I have so much work on.


On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 at 08:46, Najaf Ali <ali.najaf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Would definitely be interested in hearing peoples experiences and thoughts
> on this. I sometimes feel like my entire programming career was a ZIRP.
> Quite enjoying my life as a Japanese salaryman these days though.
>
> On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM Patrick Gleeson <
> patrick.c.gleeson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Leaning in to this, I'd love to get a feel for what the Ruby contractor
>> market is like at the moment. My last contracting gig (which was also my
>> first contracting gig), was a couple of years on £700/day (but inside IR35
>> so the headline figure is a bit misleading). I'd love to hear what the
>> range of going rates is at the moment (to be clear, I've got my next thing
>> lined up so this is purely curiosity on my part combined with the general
>> belief that breaking the taboo of discussing compensation is occasionally
>> healthy).
>>
>> Patrick
>> I don't know what I'm doing, I just make it up as I go along
>> <https://patrickgleeson.com/>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, 11:13 James Darling, <james at abscond.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Whoops, that's embarrassing. 😭
>>>
>>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 10:38, James Darling <james at abscond.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>
>>>> I don't think we've met (embarrassing if we have!) but I've been an
>>>> LRUGer for about 20 years.
>>>>
>>>> This sounds interesting to me, and something I'd definitely be able to
>>>> help with! Nice to see a project with no React. I live in Leyton and love
>>>> meeting up, so location is great. I once integrated the dutch payment
>>>> system iDEAL for a startup via Stripe's API that I believe is still running.
>>>>
>>>> Here's my LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/abscond/>, GitHub
>>>> <https://github.com/james> and website <https://abscond.org/>. I'm
>>>> currently on £850/day.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 at 19:21, Nick Tabernacle <nick at beo.so> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi LRUG,
>>>>>
>>>>> As a RoR contractor I've been on the other side of these emails for
>>>>> many years, so it’s nice to be 'giving back' with some contract
>>>>> opportunities directly to this group.
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m looking for a Rails contractor for a two month internal MVP build,
>>>>> likely extended to six months. The client is a multinational non-profit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ideal experience:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Rails 7 (and all the obvious things it includes)
>>>>>    - >10 years on Rails to a Senior level
>>>>>    - Can provide examples of full stack work
>>>>>    - Hotwire (more experience the better)
>>>>>    - TailwindCSS
>>>>>    - Stripe payments
>>>>>    - API integration
>>>>>    - CI/CD on Azure (essential)
>>>>>    - Any Azure knowledge/certificates welcome
>>>>>    - Comfortable with the enterprise onboarding process
>>>>>    - Remote but will need 2 days a month at our office in Liverpool
>>>>>    Street talking around a whiteboard most likely.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m also looking for someone interested in using AI to improve
>>>>> productivity and share their metrics, for good or bad.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know your desired rate, Linked In || YouTube || Github.
>>>>>
>>>>> *No recruiters or recruiting companies please. *
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks LRUG :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick Tabernacle
>>>>> nick at beo.so
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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